History

Mancos made mainstream television recently with the release of a PBS documentary featuring the Mancos Common Press and its role in shaping the town. “Press of the West” aired April 16 as part of...

The decades-old country store at Helen’s Corner in the mountains northeast of Durango might seem remote. But its location at the intersection of Florida Road (County Road 240) and County Road 243...

Mark Anderson, a Durango resident of almost 50 years, was looking forward to finally becoming an adult Saturday. Anderson, whose birthday falls on Feb. 29, was 72 – turning 18 this year. Those with...

FARMINGTON – Before four lanes of paved asphalt weaved over the hills and into the valleys between Durango and Farmington, iron rails stitched the two communities together. In the early 1900s,...

Over the years, there have been a handful of Galloping Goose rail-car reunion tours, and another one is planned for July in Chama, New Mexico. The event is part of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic...

Dolores third graders took a walk back in time a few weeks ago for their annual living history museum. This was the fifth or sixth year the event has happened, said teacher Angela Lowe. Students...

The Journal The Montezuma County Historical Society is developing a program for residents to share historical photos that show life in the county and region from the late 1800s to the 1950s. The...

After more than 100 years in a museum in Finland, the ancestral remains of Native American tribes that once called the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde National Park home are coming back to Southwest...

Among the kivas, pit houses and other remnants of prehistoric humans in the Four Corners, archaeologists at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center are looking for clues to learn how ancient people...

A Hispanic church in Tiffany has been officially listed on La Plata County’s historic register. County commissioners Tuesday unanimously voted to include the Iglesias de San Antonia Catholic Church...

It’s a full-on detective mission at three historic Southwest Colorado cemeteries. Ruth Lambert with the San Juan Mountains Association said that around 2008, a large-scale project sought to...